Ladies of style top the bill for Li’s last hurrah
The story of fashion pioneer Coco Chanel, told through dance and with elegant costumes, is a highlight of Li Cunxin’s final season at Queensland Ballet.
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A ballerina’s final dream before hanging up her pointe shoes
After a career spanning two decades, The Australian Ballet’s 60th anniversary production of Swan Lake will be Amber Scott’s last.
Comedian’s death ‘tears hole in heart of our community’
The New Zealand comic and writer died in Sydney after a ‘short illness’.
Thirty years on, she’s ready for her close-up
More than 30 years since her last stage role, Sarah Brightman is ready for her close-up as faded movie star Norma Desmond.
From Queen to Cohen, it’s a good gig
With the fiftieth anniversary of the Sydney Opera House approaching, two employees who’ve been there from the start are still in love with the iconic building.
‘Sexual assault cases are different to other crimes’
Lawyer turned Olivier Award-winning playwright Suzie Miller is not done shining a light on injustices that victims of sexual assault – both male and female – face in our judicial system.
Tasmania’s Dark Mofo cancelled for 2024
The decision comes as organisers grapple with escalating financial difficulties, prompting newly appointed artistic director Chris Twite to declare a one-year ‘period of renewal’.
Electric debut on Australian Ballet dance card
Choreographer Stephanie Lake is to make her first large-scale work on The Australian Ballet, promising high-impact virtuosity and visceral thrills.
All the right notes
He’s composed the music for everything from Godspell to Wicked. Stephen Schwartz lives and breathes musical theatre.
Players guarantee satisfying Salesman
Every note rings true in Neil Armfield’s production of the Arthur Miller classic, with an exceptional cast led by Anthony LaPaglia.
Bob Carr: ‘Of course opera is preposterous’
There was nothing in Bob Carr’s early 60s working class childhood to tilt him to an artform invented in the ducal court of Mantua in the 1600s – but he ended up falling in love with opera.
Amphibious response to the world’s end
This two-part dance work staged in a riverside warehouse is an astonishing vision of human tenacity and ferocious commitment to life.
Chairman Joyce ‘is lead in saddlebags for theatre group’
Alan Joyce was named chairman of Sydney Theatre Company in March, but respected arts leader Michael Lynch asks whether he should remain.
A darker, angrier Miss Saigon moves with the times
The story of an American soldier and a Vietnamese bar girl is at the heart of Miss Saigon but the amoral Engineer steals the show.
The man who convinced Anthony LaPaglia to come home
The California-based Anthony LaPaglia is coming to Melbourne for his Australian stage debut. How did Andrew Henry pull it off?
Man behind the ‘masterpiece nobody should miss’
He is the pioneer of ‘cine-theatre’ whose latest five-star production is headed to the West End and will feature a Hollywood star. Kip Williams leads our list of cultural innovators | FULL LIST
‘Self-proclaimed sporting capital … but refuses the Comm Games’
Kids’ entertainer turned comedian Jimmy Rees on what makes his home state of Victoria so special, and his Sydney Opera House wardrobe malfunction.
Anthony LaPaglia struts the stage …at last
The Adelaide-born actor (and one-time shoe salesman) talks about his Australian theatre debut in an Arthur Miller classic.
Ballet ambassadors on point for royal showcase
The Australian Ballet is performing at the Royal Opera House for the first time in 35 years, in a tour to mark the company’s 60th anniversary.
Stranded dancers step up for ‘infinity tour’
The Kyiv City Ballet has been touring ever since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia – its business as usual for the well travelled troupe.
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